Controlling and registering till.



E. SCHODER & A. SEMBACH.

CONTROLLING AND REGISTERING TILL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-26,1914.

Patented Dec 14,1915.

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E. SCHODER & A. SEMBACH.

CONTROLLING AND REGISTERING TILL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-26. I914.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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UNITED STATBES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL SCHODER AND ALBRECHT SEMBACH, F, CHARLOTTENBUBG, GERMANY, ASSIGN- ORS TO THE FIRM OF H. ARON ELEKTRICITATSZAHLERFABRIK G. M. B. 111., OF

CHARLOTTENBURG, GERMANY.

CONTROLLING AND REGISTERING TILL.

Application filed August'26, 1914.

'b all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, EMIL Scnonnn and Anniuccirr Snunacii, engineers, citizens of Germany, subjects of the King of Bavaria and of the King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, both residing at Charlotten burg, near Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia and Empire of Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in an lmproved Controlling and Registering Till, of which the following is a specification.

With previously constructed registering tills it has been almost exclusively customary to effect the delivery of the receipt by a revolving date stamp, and in the case of hand lever tills the receipt has been always delivered at the printing point during the registering period in fact during the early part of this period. This arrangement effects a very speedy delivery of the receipt, which, after adjustment of the type carrying elements, is immediately ready for the printing operation and, as a considerable distance has to be traversed, there is considerable driving force. however, owing to the rapidity of this operation the reliability of the machine is not all that could be required, particularly as the part of the movement available for the feeding operation is restricted.

The present invention consists in the delivery of the receipt being effected during the return of the operating portion of the till to the normal or initial position, so that the receipt is already on the printing table at the commencement of the registering operation, that is to say at the commencement of the downward movement of the hand lever. In the case of tills in which only a single backward and forward movement of the operating lever eii'ects all of the operations and in which the forward movement is used for effecting the controlling operation, this construction offers great advantages, as the feeding of the receipt can be eli'ected during the whole or a large portion of the return movement of the operating parts and consequently there is a saving in power, on the other hand the power used for the forward movement of the lever can be used entirely for the controlling operation.

A further advantage consists in that operations which are dependent on the movement of the receipt, for example the cutting Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

Serial No. 858,725.

off of the receipt, the stamping or printing of the date or the like, can be divided and extended over a considerably larger period.

A constructional form of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which: Figure 1 illustrates mechanism for effecting the operation of the till. Fig. :2 is a view of the mechanism for effecting the feeding of the receipt. Fig. 3 is a view of the mechanism effecting the operation of the printing table, Figs. 4 and 5 being views of the necessary parts for the delivery of the receipt on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a vertical section showing the operative connection between the printing segments and their actuators.

On the shaft 1 (Fig. 1) are rigidly located a hand lever 2 and a toothed segment 3. The latter cooperates with a toothed wheel 4 which drives a shaft 5. A member (3 is locatcd on the shaft 5, which, by means of the link mechanism 7, 8, adjusts in a known manner, according to the keys pressed down, the toothed segment 9 and with it the toothed wheels 10, 11, the indicating wheels 12, and also the type carrying member 13 (Fig. 2). For this purpose the type carrying segment 13 is connected with the corresponding wheel 10 by a sleeve 1) in such a manner that this type carrying segment takes a corresponding relative position to the toothed wheel 10 and herewith also to the indicating wheels 12-. As many toothed wheels 10 are provided, as there are sleeves 6, arranged one over the other and being individually movable with the type-carrying segments 13 attached thereto which are arranged on the shaft a (Fig. 6). Also lo cated on the shaft 1 (Fig. 2) is a lever 14, a projection 15 on which engages with a slot 16 formed in a lever 17. A pawl 18 is attached to the lever 17 which cooperates with the teeth of a ratchet wheel 19. A cylinder 20 is firmly secured to the ratchet wheel 19, over the former of which the receipt strip 21 is guided. The cylinder 20 is preferably provided on its periphery with projections 38 which are forced by means of a roller 22 (Figs. 4 and 5) provided with grooves 39, into the strip of paper and in this manner insure a certain feeding of the strip of paper.

A pawl 23 engages with recesses 24 which are provided on the periphery of the cylinder $10 to prevent the rotation of the cylinder in the reverse direction. After leaving the cylinder 20 the receipt strip 21 issuing from the bobbin is led over the guide 26 and passes 27 the slot of a cutting device, 2o. rom thence the receipt strip passes to th outlet opening 29 in the Well lane 11 manner.

C'n the shaft 1 (wig. 3) is also located a radially projecting lug or cam 30, which by means of a roller 31 and a lever pirotally mounted at a point 32 operates a hammer shaped arm constructed as a printing table, and moves it into engagement with the receipt and against the type carrying eleme ts, thus ei'lecting an impression of the a cent to be registered. A spring 34. effects the return of the lever 33.

The entire operation. of the till is as follows: While the operating lever 2 is in the position 35 (Fig. 1) indicated in dot and dash lines, the indicating Wheels 12 indicate he amount last registered. Therefore the vne carrying element 18 is still in the position corresponding to the last amount registered. By the movement of the operating lever from position 35 to position 36 indicated in dotted lines, the operating parts of the till are returned to the initial position. 1 his morement of the shaft 1 is also folloived by a corresponding movement of the lever l l (Fig. 2) secured thereon from the position 1 F to the position shown. This movement of the lever 142 also rotates the lever 17 connected thereto, and by means of the pawl and ratchet mechanism 18, 19, etlecis the rotation of th cylinder 20. The receipt strip 21 carried thereon is shifted by this movement to an extent corresponding to the length of each receipt. The end of the strip 21 previously at the position 27 thus reaches the delivery opening and is directly over the member 33. With the return of the operating lever 2 to position 36 the till is in the initial position, and the receipt to be used for the next impression. is already on the printing table. lfter adjustment cor responding to a fresh amount effected by means of the keys 3?, the operatin lever 2 is moved ClOWIl to position and thereby the indication, re istration, and addition, of the fresh amount and therewith also the in-- pression is effected on the already exposed receipt strip.

lilaving new particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention, we declare that What We claim is:

in controlling and registering till adapted to give receipts means for controlling and registering the amounts to be paid, means for printing said amounts, and means for de livering the printed receipts, a hand lever or operating said parts, a main shaft, said over being fastened to said main shaft, r cans for moving said hand-lever to and fro, a drum actuating the feeding of the receipt strip, a ratchet Wheel secured to said drum, a p Wl operating said ratchet Wheel secured to a lever, a shaft for the ratchet Wheel, said lever being pivoted to said shaft, a longitudinal slot Within said lever, second lever secured to the main shaft, a lug on said second lever, said lug engaging the slot of said first named lever and means for holding said pawl in engagement with said ratchet wheel only during the returning movement of said hand lever.

in testimony whereof We have hereunto set (111' hands in presence of tvro subscribing witnesses.

EMTL SCHODER. ALBRECHT SEldBnCH. ld itnesses lVoLDEMAn HAUPT, l-lnnnr Hasrnn.

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